To coincide with Men's Health Week, this webinar explores some possibly uncomfortable but very important men’s health and sexuality issues in MS. Neurologist Dr. Aaron Boster offers tips to improve intimate experiences for men with MS. MS Nurse Practitioner Jodi Haartsen & Silas, a peer living with MS then discuss his lived experience of men’s health challenges in MS.
Dr. Aaron Boster is a board-certified neurologist based in Ohio. He earned his MD at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed an clinical internship at the University of Michigan. and a two-year fellowship in Clinical Neuroimmunology at Wayne State University. He is currently President of the Boster Center for Multiple Sclerosis.
Executive Manager Client Engagement and Wellbeing Jodi Haartsen is a registered MS Nurse who has helped thousands of patients over her 20 years’ experience at Eastern Health MS service in Australia, in several roles including nurse educator, research nurse and nurse practitioner. Jodi is the 2022 winner of the global MS Brain Health Leader Award in the Independent Healthcare Professionals category.
Silas is an MS Plus Peer with lived experience of multiple sclerosis.
Published June 2023
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